Following up on our Sunday report, the final box office tallies for this weekend are in and Marvel’s THE AVENGERS smashed earning records by an even higher amount than estimated. Director Joss Whedon‘s superhero mash-up wowed audiences for over $207 million in U.S. opening weekend theaters, a full seven million more than the $200.3 million projection.

THE AVENGERS have assembled a Hulk-sized stack of cash globally, totaling $654,8383,708 at box offices around the world in 12 days, according to Box Office Mojo.